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01/07/22 05:11 AM IST

Plastic Ban

In News 
  • A Virtual Workshop on “Effective Plastic Waste Management to Tackle Plastic Pollution” was organized under the aegis of the “India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative” by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India.
Single use Plastic Item 
  • Those items made of plastic, which are only used once and then tossed, adding to mountains of plastic waste in the world. It includes shampoo bottles, sachets, plastic bags made of polyethene, disposable coffee/tea glasses, etc.
  • The banned items will include earbuds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice- cream sticks, polystyrene (Thermocol) for decoration, plastic plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives, straw, trays, wrapping or packing films around sweet boxes, invitation cards, cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 micron, stirrers.
  • Not only the sale, giveaway, or usage of these items will be banned from July 1 but also their production, import from another country, possession, and distribution.
  • These items in particular are banned based on the difficulty in recycling or collecting them.
Punishments 
  • Punishments on this will be meted out under the Environment Protection Act of 1986, under which violators can face a jail term of up to five years or Rs 1 lakh penalty or both.
  • Apart from this act, local administrations, including Panchayats, municipal corporations, and district administrations will also be allowed to make their own laws against plastic pollution and single-use plastic.
Source- PIB 

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